giallacht

See also: gíallacht

Irish

Alternative forms
  • giallachas m
  • giallaí f
  • giallaíocht f
  • giallas m

Etymology

From Old Irish gíallacht (“hostageship, captivity”), from gíall (“human pledge, hostage”).

Noun

giallacht f (genitive singular giallachta)

  1. hostageship, bondage

Declension
Declension of giallacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative giallacht
Vocative a ghiallacht
Genitive giallachta
Dative giallacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an ghiallacht
Genitive na giallachta
Dative leis an ngiallacht

don ghiallacht

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
giallacht ghiallacht ngiallacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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